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Project Description
We are seeking a Senior Semantic Engineer to implement semantic data frameworks that provide a shared structure for enterprise data. In this role, you will focus on building and maintaining ontologies and knowledge graphs, enforcing semantic validation rules for data quality, and collaborating with AI teams to integrate these semantic structures into intelligent applications. The position is industry-agnostic, emphasizing strong semantic web expertise and the ability to apply it in any enterprise context.
Responsibilities
Ontology Design & Maintenance
- Design, develop, and maintain ontologies (using OWL/RDF or similar) that model key enterprise data domains and relationships, ensuring a consistent and shared data vocabulary across the organization.
- Collaborate with domain experts to capture real-world concepts and validate that the ontology accurately represents business knowledge.
Knowledge Graph Development
- Build and manage enterprise knowledge graphs based on the defined ontologies, linking diverse data sources into a unified graph data model.
- Configure graph databases or triple stores, populate the knowledge graph with data (RDF triples), and optimize it for query performance and scalability.
Semantic Querying (SPARQL)
- Create and optimize SPARQL queries to enable efficient retrieval, integration, and analysis of data from the knowledge graph.
- Develop semantic queries and endpoints that support advanced search and analytics use cases.
Validation Rules & Data Quality
- Implement semantic validation rules and consistency checks (e.g., using SHACL or OWL constraints) to ensure data integrity and quality within the ontology and knowledge graph.
- Define and enforce data modelling conventions and business rules so that enterprise data conforms to the ontology's standards and remains interoperable across systems.
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Integration with Enterprise Systems
- Work closely with software engineers, data architects, and IT teams to integrate the ontology and knowledge graph into the organization's existing data infrastructure and workflows.
- Embed semantic models in data pipelines, APIs, and databases, so that enterprise applications can produce and consume linked data seamlessly.
Collaboration & Cross-Functional Support
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
- Partner with AI/ML teams to incorporate the knowledge graph into AI-driven solutions, and team up with business analysts or data stewards to align the semantic models with business needs.
- Communicate semantic concepts to non-technical stakeholders, providing training or documentation to ensure adoption of the semantic framework across the organization.
Integration with AI Agents
- Work with AI agents and large language model (LLM) teams to leverage the ontology and knowledge graph for intelligent applications.
- Enable AI systems to perform reasoning over the ontologies, improving context, disambiguation, and knowledge retrieval in AI workflows.
Standards & Best Practices
- Stay current with emerging semantic web standards, tools, and best practices.
- Continuously improve the semantic architecture by adopting relevant metadata standards and ensuring alignment with industry best practices for ontologies and knowledge graphs.
- Contribute to establishing internal guidelines and best practices for semantic data management, promoting a culture of well-structured, semantically-rich data across the enterprise.
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Mandatory Skills Description
- Ontology Design & Maintenance: Design, develop, and maintain ontologies (using OWL/RDF or similar).
- Semantic Web Proficiency: Strong knowledge of semantic web technologies and standards - specifically, hands-on proficiency with OWL (Web Ontology Language) and RDF (Resource Description Framework) for ontology modelling, as well as SPARQL for querying graph data.
- Knowledge Graph Experience: Practical experience building or maintaining knowledge graphs or linked data systems in an enterprise setting.
- Data Modelling & Integration Skills: A solid understanding of data modelling principles, data architecture, and integrating heterogeneous data sources. You should be capable of abstracting real-world entities into a semantic schema and mapping relational or NoSQL data to an ontology.
- Programming Skills: Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language (such as Python, Java, or similar).
Nice-to-Have Skills Description
- Metadata Standards: Familiarity with metadata standards and vocabularies such as Dublin Core, schema.org, or other industry-specific ontologies/taxonomies. Experience applying these standards to annotate or integrate data.
- AI and LLM Integration: Experience working on projects that involve AI agents or large language models, where ontologies or knowledge graphs were used to improve AI performance.
- Enterprise System Integration: Proven experience integrating semantic technologies into existing enterprise systems or data platforms.
- Tools & Platforms: Hands-on experience with ontology and knowledge graph tools is beneficial.
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Skills
Ontology Design
Knowledge Graph Development
SPARQL
OWL
RDF
SHACL
Semantic Web
Data Modelling
Python
Java
Data Integration
AI Integration
LLM Integration
Metadata Standards
Graph Databases
Triple Stores
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